Automobile headlight



E. S. BYBEE Feb. 14, 1939.

AUTOMOBILE HEADLIGHT Filed Dec. 2, 1937 Patented Feb. 14, 1939 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a vehicle lamp, the general object of theinvention being to so construct and arrange the parts thereof that glareis eliminated so operators of approaching vehicles will not be blindedfrom the light from the lamp.

The invention also consists in certain other features of construction,combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafterfully described, illustrated in the accompanying l0 drawing andspecifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to theaccompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts 13 throughout the several views, and in which:

body of the lamp, which may be made in a suitable manner, but incarrying out the invention a well or depending tubular part 2 is formedon the bottom of the body. A cap 3, holding the lens 4,

closes the front of the body and an inner reflector shell 5 is supportedin the body. The inner end of this shell is rounded, as shown, and

the lower part of the shell, at the rear thereof, is

formed with a depending part 6, which extends into the well 2. A lampsocket 1 passes through the bottom of the part 6 and a smallsubstantially cup shaped reflector B is located in the part 6 and has ahole in. its lower end for receiving the upper end of the socket. A lampbulb 9 is placed in the socket, and as shown, the bulb is whollycontained in the reflector 8, the upper end of which is flush with thelower part of the shell. A reflector i0 is held in the rear end of theshell with its front end sloping downwardly and rearwardly,

so that the reflector reflects the light from the bulb downwardly andoutwardly through the lens.

As will be understood, by having the bulb entirely hidden from view byone looking into the lamp, there are no blinding rays, such as the spotof light made by the bulb and all the light shaped reflector in saidextension for directing is reflected, first upwardly by the smallreflector and then outwardly by the large reflector. This eliminatesblinding of operators of other vehicles approaching the vehicle equippedwith the invention. The same amount of light is produced, as in otherlamps, but it is a soft light which does not produce a blindness oraffect the visibility of a person facing. directly towards the lightitself.

In lieu of using the two reflectors the entire interior of the innershell can be treated with 10 proper materials to produce one reflector,giving special treatment to the concave portions to 'produce thegreatest refiectory power.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages andnovel features of the 15 invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction,combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided such changesfall within the scope of the appended 20 claim.

What I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

A lamp of the class described comprising a hollow horizontally extendingbody open at its front end, a lens at the front end of said body, a wellcarried by the under portion of said body adiacent the rear end thereof,said well depending from the body and having its upper end opening intothe body, a cylindrical shell extending lon- Q0 gitudinally in said bodyand having a hemispherical rear end and a depending cup-shaped extensionat its inner end fitting within said well, a socket in said well havingits upper end exposed through the bottom of said extension, a cuplightupwardly, a bulb in said extension spaced downwardly from the upper endthereof, and a hemispherical reflector against the front face of thehemispherical rear end of said shell extending upwardly from the rearend portion of the cup-shaped reflector at a forward incline to overhangthe cup-shaped reflector and project light rays forwardly through-thelens at a downward incline.

EUGENE s. BYBEE. J

